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[MOC] LEGO Ideas - Mini Modulars II

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Hello fellow AFOLs!

I have not yet shown my Mini Modulars to you in this forum. Some of you may have found them anyway on Flickr or Repubrick.

So let me now show you my six Mini Modulars and also introduce you to my project on LEGO Ideas!

Mini Modulars II

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In 2007 LEGO introduced a very appreciated series of sets. It was the LEGO Creator Modular Buildings. The first five of these where Café Corner, Market Street, Green Grocer, Fire Brigade and Grand Emporium.

In 2012 LEGO Designer Jamie Berard put together a set of mini-versions of the first five Modular Buildings. It was released as 10230 Mini Modulars and it was a great success! It spawned an onslaught of LEGO creations, in the mini modular standard, all over the internet. After the release of the Detective's Office i 2015, we all waited in anticipation for the Mini Modulars II , with mini versions of the latest five Modular Buildings. But it never came.

I've built my Mini Modulars based on the "standard" introduced in 10230 Mini Modulars released in 2012. My houses are all compatible with the original Mini Modulars. Just like in the original set the bottom 8x8 plate is the same color as the 32x32 baseplate in the original. Also, all other colors are the same as their reference. I've also tried to jam as much detail as possible in the buildings. But I've excluded lamp posts and vehicles, just like in the original set.

My version of Mini Modulars II have Mini Modular versions of the following sets: Pet Shop, Town Hall, Palace Cinema, Parisian Restaurant, Detective's Office and Brick Bank.

Please support this project at LEGO Ideas! https://ideas.lego.com/projects/125009, and please share this project with your local LUGs!

Take a look at my Flickr album for more images of my Mini Modulars!

I would like me to tell me what you think of my Mini Modulars. Also, please make suggestions on how I should promote and/or adjust my LEGO Ideas Project.

Thanks!

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I loved the original 10230 and your additions are fantastic! They capture the detail of the other modulars perfectly.

Edited by Blue Wren

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Thank you everyone! Here are some closeups of the individual buildings.

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And please take a look at my flickr page for more images.

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Sorry to put a downer on such a good representation of the most recent modulars, but this bit:

It was released as 10230 Mini Modulars and it was a great success!

needs a citation. I heard that contrary to what you've stated, the original Mini Modulars was a pretty terrible seller.

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And also if Lego decided to do a follow up to a first set that they designed, I cannot see them paying a third party for the idea. If you want to make money off this, sell the instructions. If you want others to be able to make them, give them away for free.

Edited by MAB

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Sorry to put a downer on such a good representation of the most recent modulars, but this bit:

needs a citation. I heard that contrary to what you've stated, the original Mini Modulars was a pretty terrible seller.

Hi Paperballpark! No worries.

I have no source for that statement. It was a guess based on the popularity of all the nodular buildings. Any source that supports our contradicts my statement would be appreciated!

And also if Lego decided to do a follow up to a first set that they designed, I cannot see them paying a third party for the idea. If you want to make money off this, sell the instructions. If you want others to be able to make them, give them away for free.

Ok MAB. Good point!

I have no idea what the other LEGO Ideas contributors got in provision for their sets. Honestly, I'm not in it for the money. I have put a lot of soul and effort into my mini modulars. It seems that wherever I show them in the AFOL community they are very appreciated. I was a bit disappointed when there was no follow up to the original Mini Modulars. This is my way of making LEGO aware that there are people who wish there would be a Mini Modulars II. I can only hope they would give me some credit. But either way is good for me.

The instructions for these buildings have been available for free for a long time. Please take a look at my Flickr page or download them over at Repubrick.com.

My super talented friend Anders67 have made some awesome instructions for most of the buildings over at www.swebrick.se. Here are links for them:

Parisian Restaurant

Town Hall

Brick Bank

Detective's Office

Palace Cinema

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Very nice MOC indeed. Reminds me of the Toys-R-Us Bricktober "town" from the last two years. Size wise, not at all the building represented here.

Edited by P3_Super_Bee

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Hello again everyone!

I don't know if the links to the instructions above work or maybe require login. But here are links for the LXF-files:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Pet_Shop_Mini_Modular.lxf

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Town_Hall_Mini_Modular.lxf

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Palace_Cinema_Mini_Modular.lxf

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Parisian_Restaurant_Mini_Modular.lxf

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Detectives_Office_Mini_Modular.lxf

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3948340/o0ger_Brick_Bank_Mini_Modular.lxf

These links don't work anymore. I have given up on dropbox. Most of my builds are available on the BriXtar App (iOS and Android) or you can download them from https://www.repubrick.com/ (yeah, you have to watch an ad to be able to download files from there, that's the price you pay)

Edited by o0ger

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1000 thumbs up! Your mini modulars are awesome and I love how many details you managed to include. They would sell far better than 10230 I'm sure!

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hi Ooger ... can i get the lxf file for this ?

as the drop box link is not accessible anymore

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14 minutes ago, awu said:

hi Ooger ... can i get the lxf file for this ?

as the drop box link is not accessible anymore

See my edited post a few rows above. Hope that helps. 

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Love these minimodulars!

[Edit - found a solution, but leaving this bumped anyway b/c these MOCs are awesome!]

Edited by SassQueen

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16 hours ago, Demon9999 said:

Brilliant work, o0ger is it possible to order sets from you?

 

@Demon9999 no, but you can bricklink them yourself mostly.

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